Magazines Part 2

Image based cover types are the most common for magazine covers and are usually of one or few people looking into the camera and smiling. Illustration based cover types were more common back in the day but are still sometimes used. Today they are basically an illustration of something funny or out of the ordinary. Type based covers are also pretty rare but are more common then illustration covers. They are covers that relay on words and text more than photography to get the message to people. Concept based covers kind of mix every other cover concept together. They have to be instantly understandable for the audience which can be difficult to make sure that the readers will know what is being stated. The relationship between words and photos is that they work to create a cover on their but can be used to make the cover better but you also have to be sure that they work together to make sure that the readers will understand what is being said.